The Conficker worm infects mostly windows machines (2000pro, xp, vista) what it does is it paralyse computer machines from recieving security or antivirus updates, if some how you think you have not updated your machine please do so now, before your machine will be infected by this worm, the creators of the worm have come up with a smart way of exploiting systems using a bot program that will run on April the 1st, this will tell whether your computer is infected with the worm or not.
Things to do to protect your computer from this nasty worm?
Make sure you have the latest microsft patches or hotfixes for your windows operating systems, if not do a manual windows update or a automatic update through your windows control panel settings, And also make sure you have the latest antivirus software which is fully up to date and ready on guard, when startup.
The Conficker worm can also disable important services on your computer.
The option Open folder to view files — Publisher not specified was added by the worm.
Things to do to protect your computer from this nasty worm?
Make sure you have the latest microsft patches or hotfixes for your windows operating systems, if not do a manual windows update or a automatic update through your windows control panel settings, And also make sure you have the latest antivirus software which is fully up to date and ready on guard, when startup.
The Conficker worm can also disable important services on your computer.
In the screenshot of the Autoplay dialog box below, the option Open folder to view files — Publisher not specified was added by the worm. The highlighted option — Open folder to view files — using Windows Explorer is the option that Windows provides and the option you should use.
If you select the first option, the worm executes and can begin to spread itself to other computers.
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